mudfish

[ muhd-fish ]

noun

, plural (especially collectively) mud·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) mud·fish·es.

1. any of various fishes that live in muddy waters, as the bowfin or mummichog.

mudfish

/ ˈmʌdˌfɪʃ /

noun

1. any of various fishes, such as the bowfin and cichlids, that live at or frequent the muddy bottoms of rivers, lakes, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of mudfish¹

First recorded in 1495–1505; mud + fish

Example Sentences

From these the ganoids and then the lung-bearing mudfish must have been gradually developed.

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The Queensland mudfish is an antiquity, and there has not been much change in its lineage for millions of years.

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Their roots were five or six feet high, and mudfish splashed in the holes beneath.

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The Australian mudfish (Ceratodus) is not known to hibernate or aestivate.

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The mudfish would have seemed then a poor refugee from the too crowded and aggressive life of the sea.

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